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05-29-2014 03:47 PM |
If there was a chance you could live almost forever...
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Originally Posted by gacook
(Post 8088955)
Now, THAT might actually be pretty cool. I'm young(ish)--37--and I've often marvelled at the things my grandfather saw in his lifetime (he passed away a couple years ago at the age of 98). Nothing truly "new," aside from the internet, has happened in my lifetime. To be a part of the rapid discovery and change from the late 1800's and early 1900's would be so awesome. My grandpa was in aviation, and that man was brilliant. Never shied from technology. He retired before I was born, but always stayed on top of things. When computers became mainstream, he bought himself one and had me teach him how to use it. His mind was sharp as a razor up till his last day.
I miss that man, and his stories.
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Totally . That's because basically , by comparison, we re just not very good.
In education , our understanding of things now lost, arts . Engineering . We learn by regurgitating .
We only think that's fine as a result if our ignorance as to what we don't know.
In a basic sense , our generation, where they profess to be an expert now - have very little experience of anything other than the subject matter itself on which they focus or cling to.
Narrow insights and limited yet technically correct viewpoints.
And what you saw there is ability to adapt.
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